Computational Accelerator Physics

Annotation Proceedings of the September 1996 Computational Accelerator Physics Conference held in Williamsburg, Virginia, highlighting developments in electromagnetic and PIC simulation, particle tracking and beam transport, simulations for control systems, new computer techniques and environments, scripting languages and their role in building programmable application software, and high-performance computing. Specific topics include an object model for beamline descriptions, a particle beam optics interactive computer laboratory, and space charge effects with periodic focusing. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

This volume provides an overview of the state of the art in computational accelerator physics, based on papers presented at the seventh international conference at Michigan State University in October 2002. The major topics covered in this volume include particle tracking and ray tracing, transfer map methods, field computation for time dependent Maxwell's equations and static magnetic problems, as well as space charge and beam-beam effects. The book also discusses modern computational environments, including parallel clusters, visualization, and new programming paradigms. It is ideal for scientists and engineers working in beam or accelerator physics and related areas of applied math and computer science.

This text is intended to be of use to researchers and computer scientists involved with high-energy physics and particle engineering. Topics covered include codes for analysis of linear and circular accelerators, electron and ion accelerators, and accelerators for heavy ion fusion.

How does a particle accelerator work? The most direct and intuitive answer focuses on the dynamics of single particles as they travel through an accelerator. Particle accelerators are becoming ever more sophisticated and diverse, from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN to multi-MW linear accelerators and small medical synchrotrons. This self-contained book presents a pedagogical account of the important field of accelerator physics, which has grown rapidly since its inception in the latter half of the last century. Key topics covered include the physics of particle acceleration, collision and beam dynamics, and the engineering considerations intrinsic to the effective construction and operation of particle accelerators. By drawing direct connections between accelerator technology and the parallel development of computational capability, this book offers an accessible introduction to this exciting field at a level appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, accelerator scientists, and engineers.

This book provides a brief exposition of the principles of beam physics and particle accelerators with an emphasis on numerical examples employing readily available computer tools. However, it avoids detailed derivations, instead inviting the reader to use general high-end languages such as Mathcad and Matlab, as well as specialized particle accelerator codes (e.g. MAD, WinAgile, Elegant, and others) to explore the principles presented. This approach allows readers to readily identify relevant design parameters and their scaling. In addition, the computer input files can serve as templates that can be easily adapted to other related situations. The examples and computer exercises comprise basic lenses and deflectors, fringe fields, lattice and beam functions, synchrotron radiation, beam envelope matching, betatron resonances, and transverse and longitudinal emittance and space charge. The last chapter presents examples of two major types of particle accelerators: radio frequency linear accelerators (RF linacs) and storage rings. Lastly, the appendix gives readers a brief description of the computer tools employed and concise instructions for their installation and use in the most popular computer platforms (Windows, Macintosh and Ubuntu Linux). Hyperlinks to websites containing all relevant files are also included. An essential component of the book is its website (actually part of the author's website at the University of Maryland), which contains the files that reproduce results given in the text as well as additional material such as technical notes and movies.

Nonlinear Problems in Accelerator Physics contains the proceedings of the International Workshop on Nonlinear Problems in Accelerator Physics. Consisting only of invited papers, the book focuses on resolving problems associated with nonlinear effects-essential for the development of the next generation of particle accelerators. It facilitates an understanding of accelerator optical systems. Topics covered include Hamiltonian dynamics (such as CHAOS), computer codes for design of focusing systems, and spectrometers. The book is of interest to researchers in high energy, nuclear, electron, ion and optical beam physics, and applied mathematics.

This book contains the proceedings of the 1999 ICFA workshop on the physics of high brightness beams. The workshop took a snapshot in time of a fast moving, interdisciplinary field driven by advanced applications such as high gradient, high energy physics linear colliders, high gain free electron lasers, heavy ion fusion, and transmutation of nuclear materials. While the field of high brightness beam physics has traditionally been divided into disparate electron and heavy ion communities, the workshop brought the two types of researchers together, so that a sharing of insights and methods could be achieved. Thus, this book represents a unifying step in the development of the diverse fascinating discipline of high brightness beam physics, with its challenges rooted in collective, nonlinear particle motion and ultra-high electromagnetic energy density. Contents:Application of High-Brightness Electron Beams (M J van der Wiel)Beam Halo Formation in High Intensity Proton Beams (T P Wangler)Matching of High-Brightness Electron and Ion Beams in Variably Focusing Channels (R Pakter & C Chen)A Particle-Core Model for Transverse Dynamics of Beam Halo in Periodic Focusing Channels (T F Wang)Formation of Patterns in Intense Hadron Beams. The Amplitude Equation Approach (S I Tzenov)Progress on the Study of CSR Effects (R Li)Optimization of Smith-Purcell Radiation from a Perfectly Conducting Strip Grating (S R Trotz)Single Crystal Copper Photo and Cathode in the BNL/SLAC/UCLA 1.6 Cell RF Gun (D T Palmer et al.)Recent Developments of the MIT 17 GHz RF Gun Experiment (W J Brown et al.)HOMDYN Study for the LCLS RF Photo-Injector (M Ferrario et al.)Compact, Integrated Photoelectron Linacs (D Yu)and other papers Readership: Researchers in accelerator physics. Keywords:Beam;Transmutation;Particle;Accelerator